Tag: Andreessen Horowitz

Defense Tech Startup Anduril Bags a Series E for $1.5B
Business, Cybersecurity, United States

Defense Tech Startup Anduril Bags a Series E for $1.5B

Costa Mesa, California-based defense tech startup Anduril has closed it big by clocking in a $1.5B in Series E for an evaluation of $8.5B, double the startup's last valuation in June 2021. The Series E funding for defense tech startup Anduril has been led by Valor Equity Partners, among Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, 8VC, Lux Capital, Thrive Capital, DFJ Growth, Elad Gil, Lachy Groom, Human Capital, Marlinspike, WCM Investment Management, MVP Ventures, Lightspeed Venture and US Innovative Technology Fund. To aid the United States and its allies in combating the "software-defined conflicts of tomorrow," Anduril integrates artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, computer vision (CV), cybersecurity, and new networking technologies to create software and hardware-base...
Investment Round-Up August 15-31, 2021: Uptrust, Walnut, Cribl
Business

Investment Round-Up August 15-31, 2021: Uptrust, Walnut, Cribl

Investment Round-Up August 15-31: Acquisition Tel Aviv, Israel-based Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ: CHKP), provides and protects customers from cyberattacks. On August 30, 2021, the company acquired New York, United States-based Avanan, for an undisclosed amount. Avanan uses AI to protect cloud email and collaboration suites from cyber attacks. Avanan will integrate into the Check Point Infinity consolidated architecture to deliver the world's most secure email security offering. San Francisco, California, United States-based Zendesk (NYSE: ZEN) is a customer service platform that develops software to empower organization and customer relationships. On August 30, 2021, Zendesk acquired Cleverly.ai for an undisclosed amount. San Francisco, California, the United States-based- ...
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